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==English== |
==English== |
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[[Image:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|thumb|The Saker falcon]] |
[[Image:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|thumb|The Saker falcon]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{etyl|fr}} {{term|sacre|lang=fr}}, from {{etyl|es}} {{term|sacro|lang=es}}, from {{etyl|ar}} {{term|صقر| |
From {{etyl|fr|en}} {{term|sacre|lang=fr}}, from {{etyl|es|en}} {{term|sacro|lang=es}}, from {{etyl|ar|en}} {{term|صقر|lang=ar}}, probably from {{etyl|trk|en}} ''soŋqur''. <ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/47/S0034700.html "saker."] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.</ref> |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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#* '''1663''', ''[[w:Hudibras|Hudibras]]'', by Samuel Butler, part 1, [[s:Hudibras/Part 1/Canto 2|canto 2]] |
#* '''1663''', ''[[w:Hudibras|Hudibras]]'', by Samuel Butler, part 1, [[s:Hudibras/Part 1/Canto 2|canto 2]] |
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#*:Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, [[blunderbuss]], and '''saker''', / He was th' inventor of, and maker: [...] |
#*:Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, [[blunderbuss]], and '''saker''', / He was th' inventor of, and maker: [...] |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|falcon}} |
{{trans-top|falcon}} |
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Revision as of 17:45, 16 May 2013
See also: säker
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) sacre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) sacro, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) صقر, probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "trk" is not valid. See WT:LOL. soŋqur. [1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/ˈseɪkə/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
Noun
saker (plural sakers)
- A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
- A medium cannon slightly smaller than a culverin developed during the early 17th century.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker, / He was th' inventor of, and maker: [...]
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
Translations
falcon
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Swedish
Noun
saker